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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2024
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Pradeep Naik, Bengaluru, IN;
Clayton S. Cooper, Loveland, OH (US);
Perumallu Vukanti, Bengaluru, IN;
Michael A. Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Steven C. Vise, Loveland, OH (US);
Sripathi Mohan, Bengaluru, IN;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A combustor having a main chamber and a trapped vortex cavity. The main chamber includes an outer liner and an inner liner. The trapped vortex cavity extends from at least one of the outer liner or the inner liner. A plurality of mixing assemblies operably injects a fuel-air mixture into the trapped vortex cavity to produce combustion gases. The trapped vortex cavity injects the combustion gases into the main chamber. A steam system is in fluid communication with the main chamber. The steam system operably injecting steam into the main chamber such that the steam flows downstream of the trapped vortex cavity.